Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Foxconn, a principal supplier of components for the Apple iPhone, announced Tuesday it will purchase a large parcel of land near the Indian tech hub of Bengaluru.
The facility to be constructed in Bengaluru is evidently part of both Foxconn and Apple’s plan to diversify production away from China.
The Apple plant is supposed to create 100,000 local jobs, which would make it about half the size of the gigantic Foxconn facility in Zhengzhou that became thein November when it was placed under coronavirus lockdown. Trapped workers complained of inhumane conditions in the plant and literally climbed the fences to escape. Riots boiled through the streets outside the plant, prompting a brutal response from Chinese security forces.
A signboard mentions the plot number of Foxconn India production unit at SIPCOT a special economic zone in Sriperumbudur on the outskirts of Chennai on December 28, 2021 .
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